Los avatares de «El Cortesano»: Lecturas y lectores de un texto clave del espíritu renacentista

by Peter Burke, Gabriela Ventura (Translator)

《廷臣》是意大利文艺复兴时期风靡整个欧洲的伟大作品。这本"宫廷行为指南"在出版后的三个世纪里,在意大利出现了62个版本；仅在16世纪,就以6种语言在20个不同国家和地区出版。 本书是当代著名历史学家彼得·伯克对《廷臣》接受史的研究,是一部书籍史、文化史力作。作者讨论了《廷臣》一书被写作、出版、阅读、传播、评价甚至模仿的历史,揭示了《廷臣》所倡导的行为准则、价值观念对欧洲文学、艺术、风俗产生的重要影响。本书将有助于我们加深对书籍史、文艺复兴的传播史以及欧洲文化整合的理解。

Genres: Nonfiction, History

238 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1995

About the author

Peter Burke is a British historian and professor. He was educated by the Jesuits and at St John's College, Oxford, and was a doctoral candidate at St Antony's College. From 1962 to 1979, he was part of the School of European Studies at Sussex University, before moving to the University of Cambridge, where he holds the title of Professor Emeritus of Cultural History and Fellow of Emmanuel College. Burke is celebrated as a historian not only of the early modern era, but one who emphasizes the relevance of social and cultural history to modern issues. He is married to Brazilian historian Maria Lúcia Garcia Pallares-Burke.

Reviews

[Juli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Te quiero mucho, Peter Burke.

[Domenico Ianuale · Rating 2 out of 5]

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Burke fatti una vita

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very thorough exploration of how Baldassare Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier fared after it's publication in Italy, the rest of Europe, and in a later changing political climate (a.k.a. the rise of absolutism). It was this last section that was most useful to me as it's the period I'm studying, but there was also a really interesting exploration of how translators dealt with translating words with very specific concepts, most especially 'sprezzatura,' a word invented by Castiglione for the form of courtly nonchalance that he was advocating (there isn't really an exact translation into English, you can see how confusions start to happen...). Also in the introduction Burke briefly goes into the influential ideas Castiglione includes and where they were from - a mix of classical Greek and Roman ideas of excellence and self-discipline along with medieval chivalry and religious connotations imposed onto Roman army discipline.

All in all, a fascinating read that I would recommend to anyone interested in social history and the 'Europeanisation of Europe,' to quote Burke himself, and although I've read the Courtier I'm pretty sure this would also be very accessible to those who haven't.